Historical Analysis of Mask Mandates and Fort Construction

What does, what does that say? Wear a mask or go to jail.

How long ago was this? None of y'all looked like this

when y'all wore

yours. None of y'all did. 110 San Francisco arrests

of mask slackers. Influenza masks.

What year was this again?

Over 100 years later and we're still following the

same playbook. And shouldn't we look cooler than them?

That's from 1919. Shouldn't we look cooler?

That don't fit. Aztlan, the Indian Babylon.

You mean the one in Wisconsin? A recent report says its findings of an

ancient brick wall at Aztlan, Wisconsin.

That's in Wisconsin. This is a reproduction of Aztlan.

It's sticks in the ground. They call it Babylon,

and there's an ancient

brick wall, and then this is what we, this is what we get as a reproduction?

That don't fit. The Capitol burned in 18- the War of

1812. How much did that war even cost? I mean, we know how much it does today.

How much did the War of 1812 cost back then?

The United States spent $158 million on the

war with more than $90 million total going to the

Army and the Navy. They were almost bankrupt by

1814. How do you recover from that?

How do you recover from that? Spend more money, okay?

Long range planning for America's coast, okay?

To build forts, right? They spent $8 million and then

$4.7 m-... they spend over $12 million in

1816 right after the war. Right after the war, they said,

"Let's build forts up and down the coast.

That's what we need to do." 1819 they started on

Fort Monroe. It had five-foot thick

walls. What are the windows for? Are those f- Is that for

cannons? Is that w- Why do so many of th- Listen,

gentlemen. I know we just had a war, and we're so bankrupt I don't

even know how we're gonna get out of this, but what do y'all think about

stars? Do you like the shape? I'm thinking a canal all the way

around it. Y'all like it? Listen,

I know it's only been five years after the other star in Virginia, but what do

y'all think about a star in Rhode Island?

So obviously I know how to build stars.

It's 1829, gentleman. We have technologically not

moved a bit, okay? So what do y'all think

about building two of these forts starting tomorrow?

Five years later, I'm proud of y'all.

We built a fort with 21.5 million

bricks in sand in Pensacola, Florida.

Fort Pulaski with 13 million bricks.

We're on fire, gentlemen. That was in the middle of nowhere.

While we're on the subject of in the middle of nowhere , Dry Tortuga

is our next journey, guys. 16 million br- What do you mean I'm fi- What do

you mean I'm fired? What do you mean I'm fired?

That don't fit